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Muriel Schmidt 2966 CR 207 Eureka Springs, AR 72632 Phone/Fax: 479-253-7497 E-mail: muriels@familyheritagemuseum.com |
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Beyond doubt this is the first time in history that every American magazine of any consequence employed the same cover motif simultaneously-and the result, on American news stands this week is pretty thrilling. Some interesting sidelights: The National Geographic magazine altered it cover for the first time in its 54 years. The Reader’s Digest put its index on the back cover, for the first time, so it could display the flag on the front. And employees of The American Home made their cover design, out of flowers, on the office floor on night so it could be photographed in color. It was three feet wide, and into it went 200 red and white roses for stripes, 300 bachelor buttons for the blue field, 48 stephanotis for stars, and 200 marigolds and nasturtiums for a staff and halyard. Tip collectors: Real memento, some day, of WWII will be a collection of the 500covers-or as many of them as you can corral. |
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Maybe you’ve wondered, as we did, whose idea it was that the American flag should appear on the cover of every current magazine. Here’s the story, as we get it from items in Newsweek and Editor & Publisher: It wasn’t the government that suggested the flag display, but Paul McNamara, young promotion manager of the Hearst magazines. Practically all the weekly and monthly magazines-some 500 of them-fell in with the idea, and agreed to use the flag on the covers of the issue current on July 4. The United States Flag association agreed to award its Cross of Honor to the eight magazines whose cover displays of the flag it deemed outstanding. Its awards went to House and Garden, Harpers Bazaar, Time, This Week, Infantry Journal, NYLIC Review, Modern Industry and the Merck Report.
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